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In reply to the discussion: If you're an elected dem who is open to cutting Social Security, or Medicare or S.N.A.P., Fuck you. [View all]whereisjustice
(2,941 posts)371. The fucking, mother fuckers taking our jobs and giving them to slaves in India now
want to cut SS.
Fuck you to them all. If you are in that crowd, no apology from me.
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If you're an elected dem who is open to cutting Social Security, or Medicare or S.N.A.P., Fuck you. [View all]
cali
May 2016
OP
Your language is inappropriate and unnecessary. We have no choice but to address our financial
Trust Buster
May 2016
#2
I'm informing you about the fact that anti-equality opinions are considered hate speech on DU
Scootaloo
May 2016
#264
Good to see you posting scoot. They can't argue, that why they won't enter any discussions
rhett o rick
May 2016
#290
You demand to see the rule, and when it's placed right under your nose, you climb onto
Marr
May 2016
#454
Plenty of Democrats support civil unions but not same sex marriage. That is not a violation of TOS
Henhouse
May 2016
#368
No party can displease 45-50% of its members on economic issues and remain viable.
KPN
May 2016
#272
Yeah, let's just make it the Blue Hat Club. Push any agenda you like, so long as you wear your
Marr
May 2016
#455
So... you don't actually know what a standard political term means or where it comes from, then
Scootaloo
May 2016
#206
OK -- we've heard you make this argument before and easily discredited its relevance.
KPN
May 2016
#274
I would like to think that such language is not found to be offensive by just Republicans.
Trust Buster
May 2016
#11
That you are more concerned with language than this vital issue, and that you are open
cali
May 2016
#12
Please re-read the TOS. Negotiation and compromise is a political reality regardless of your nasty
Trust Buster
May 2016
#15
Alert then. I've been here for a decade longer than you. Cursing is not a violation.
cali
May 2016
#24
Posters have abused the alert system IMO. Just pointing out that some find such language
Trust Buster
May 2016
#28
Tough. I find people who think cutting.the social safety net acceptable, more than offensive.
cali
May 2016
#32
You're patently transparent. Really you are... Just look at your profile. n/t
JimDandy
May 2016
#293
By "the poor," do you mean those lazy moochers who expect the government to assist them just because
maddiemom
May 2016
#447
Naw, finding the term "F*** Y** to be offensive isn't political correctness. It's common decency.
Trust Buster
May 2016
#67
You mean you don't know that answer to that question? Why don't you know the answer? nt
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#173
Your initial post made it clear you're just trying to silence an opinion you disagree with
Scootaloo
May 2016
#249
Allowing these systems to go belly up would be even worse. Compromises must be sought.
Trust Buster
May 2016
#13
Well they showed their true colors today, repeating GOP talking points without any shame.
Rex
May 2016
#254
Sure, the "vast majority" of Democrats in blue states and safe blue districts.
cheapdate
May 2016
#353
You realize that cutting SS & MC is not a "compromise" - it's surrender to the douchebags
jpak
May 2016
#22
I find it sad that such a Republican paradigm has come to infect the Democratic Party.
eShirl
May 2016
#34
That's not a compromise. The two political parties need to compromise to shore up these programs.
Trust Buster
May 2016
#41
When has the GOP compromised on SS or MC? When have they been fiscally responsible?
jpak
May 2016
#68
We could start by actually paying the interest on money borrowed from SS and other federal pensions
Mnpaul
May 2016
#413
I have no idea what "clutching at pearls" is supposed to mean. I do know that our
Trust Buster
May 2016
#23
I just used the word "compromise". What a curious time we live in when using the word
Trust Buster
May 2016
#46
Then the SS system will run out of money. That would be the worst case scenario.
Trust Buster
May 2016
#52
You are terribly misinformed my friend. The only compromise will be to scrap the cap of $118,500
YOHABLO
May 2016
#411
The political reality is that compromise is essential in divided government and rudeness will not
Trust Buster
May 2016
#35
And to think that some are accusing me of using Republican talking points because I dared to use
Trust Buster
May 2016
#43
Evidently you believe everything is negotiable, including selling out the safety nets.
hobbit709
May 2016
#45
Well, let's see if your "rule with an iron fist" strategy works any better for you than it did for
Trust Buster
May 2016
#49
I don't want to rule anything much less with an "iron fist" I will let myself be governed, not ruled
hobbit709
May 2016
#51
Silly, we weren't talking about your own thoughts. Quit hiding behind victimhood.
Trust Buster
May 2016
#54
No, I referenced "ruling with an iron fist" to describe the attitude that the SS imbalance can be
Trust Buster
May 2016
#55
I know it's going bankrupt unless we act. I know telling anyone that does not bow to your position
Trust Buster
May 2016
#50
There use to be 20 workers for every SS recipient. Now it's down to a 3:1 ration and heading for
Trust Buster
May 2016
#64
No I didn't. There is still just 3 workers for every one SS recipient. The fund is still projected
Trust Buster
May 2016
#97
There are better solutions than 'bust the trust" by privatizing or cutting S.S.
suffragette
May 2016
#288
No language is too strong for those who would harm the less fortunate to get the debt
shraby
May 2016
#19
You're very welcome Cali. This place isn't what it used to be that's for sure. Du had caring people
shraby
May 2016
#403
Much of your post reads like something you'd see on FreeRepublic. Very telling...
WIProgressive88
May 2016
#414
"Revolutionary Vanguard of the hippie campus left" is certainly a phrase you'd see on FreeRepublic.
WIProgressive88
May 2016
#469
Completely not what I said, as that comment was based on your choice of words rather than your
WIProgressive88
May 2016
#472
Are you a Democrat, because you just used Fox News/GOP talking points about debt?
Feeling the Bern
May 2016
#138
There are a couple around here that I cannot tell any difference between their POV
Rex
May 2016
#250
You sound just like a right-winger... Why did you start posting so prolifically in the past 90 days?
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#169
I don't believe we are at the point where cutting SS is necessary. HOWEVER, it is ludicrous to say
Hoyt
May 2016
#220
Raising the cap is one of the options I would pursue first. Problem is, if economy does not produce
Hoyt
May 2016
#463
Look, I used to work for gubmit and loved it. But, we aren't going back to those levels anytime soon
Hoyt
May 2016
#466
"our debt is out of control" WHAT! So you are saying that Social Security is a debt?
bkkyosemite
May 2016
#240
Want to do something about the debt? - Tax the rich who created it with their wars and tax cuts
Betty Karlson
May 2016
#259
Our financial shortfalls can be dealt with by taxing massive wealth hoarders
Cal Carpenter
May 2016
#270
Always money for wars. But none for the citizens of our country. Is that what you are saying?
jillan
May 2016
#287
Addressing our "financial shortfalls" is code for cut programs that help those struggling. I can
rhett o rick
May 2016
#289
Let's address our shortfalls. Specifically, let's address the billions and billions and BILLIONS
octoberlib
May 2016
#327
OMGGIH -- balancing the budget on the backs of the most vulnerable is obscene
magical thyme
May 2016
#328
The fucking, mother fuckers taking our jobs and giving them to slaves in India now
whereisjustice
May 2016
#371
People have been cussing about corruption here on DU since the beginning of the Bush administration.
Hissyspit
May 2016
#402
Remember when we used to call Republicans for being full of shit when they spouted this stuff?
Lancero
May 2016
#410
Why not balance it on the backs of those reaping huge reward from our decline? n/t
JPnoodleman
May 2016
#468
I guess saving SS and Medicare is moot to anyone with their head in their pocket. nm
rhett o rick
May 2016
#291
I would not call a member of the Democratic party a "DemocRAT" that is just for
stonecutter357
May 2016
#223
I feel compelled to say exactly that to you. It's unhinged to suggest that Catfood Warner
cali
May 2016
#260
Projection. Unhinged would be like using no caps and weird sentence structure.
rhett o rick
May 2016
#295
You are calling Mark Warner a "democRAT". Here is your quote, "he must be a bernie democRAT."
rhett o rick
May 2016
#294
I am guessing that you want to "save" SS by cutting benefits. I recognize you.
rhett o rick
May 2016
#382
It's either raise the cap or Chained CPI. That is the reality. I know which Hillary prefers.
Enthusiast
May 2016
#301
70 Dems committed to expanding a couple years ago and it was Warren not Bernie
puffy socks
May 2016
#218
I can't believe the people setting up the talking points to wreck these programs further upthread
Hydra
May 2016
#78
The hell it doesn't. It's sexist crap! I am a woman, don't fucking call me a bro.
CharlotteVale
May 2016
#352
Stop spinning. You just said it had nothing to do with sex. But there is only one meaning
CharlotteVale
May 2016
#357
And these *expletive deleted supporters of a certain candidate, have the fucking nerve
cali
May 2016
#117
That should read "open to hurting and killing the most vulnerable, you coward, by cutting..."
jtuck004
May 2016
#94
Then concentrate on finding progressives to replace the 9 whole Dems I can find...
puffy socks
May 2016
#127
Didn’t Democratic U.S. President Barack Obama offer up cuts to Social Security?
CobaltBlue
May 2016
#124
Few things frost me more than the Western world's least-taxed rich people
Lydia Leftcoast
May 2016
#233
Agreed, Cali. There is no good argument against your post. Just neoliberal white noise.
floriduck
May 2016
#156
"If you're an elected dem who leaves the door open to cuts in social security" ...
Jopin Klobe
May 2016
#330
Likewise, if you call yourself a Progressive yet vote with the Bush cronies to poison the Latinos,
misterhighwasted
May 2016
#337
No lies cali. Bernie voted against the most Progressive, Paul Wellstone
misterhighwasted
May 2016
#450
"well, they voted in the primaries, so they can go screw as I fight Trump for Republican voters"
MisterP
May 2016
#379
Clinton's the hypothetical speaker--the elderly can starve as she flounders about trying
MisterP
May 2016
#419
You realize this is how the asshole auditions for VP. This was a trial balloon.
Vote2016
May 2016
#370
Really. I am tired of having my economics screwed over by Democrats. I reserve my vote to see
highprincipleswork
May 2016
#427